My You Tube Channel is at https://www.youtube.com/user/hippldc/vi deos and my full photo albums are at https://picasaweb.google.com/1161642180 68283848424 Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Piestany, Slovakia

We've been jonesin' for some mineral hot springs. There's nothing more invigorating than soaking in some sulphur springs for a couple hours. This country is chock full of them. The problem is that over the centuries, they've ...

... and has most of the time nice cycling paths alongside it. I stopped at a local lake for lunch & siesta, and tried to cook whole grain rice, except this damn thing takes 30 min to cook, and the wind kept blowing the flame away, so I ate crunchy whole grain rice :) Siesta was good though, and with only 25kms to cover to the campsite in Nove Mesto, I took it easy again, though the ...

... to ride away, as I was slowing him down of course. The road is not the perfect thing because of the cars, but it's the fastest option, and it took me to Trnava on time, at 8pm. Trnava is a lovely little town with some old stuff too, a nice atmosphere in the evening. The goal for tomorrow is to camp near Trencin, halfway through to Zilina, the gateway to the dreaded Tatras mountain ...

The last five days we spent in eastern Slovakia went by too quickly. As my group worked to compile our data and complete our report, we spent many hours hunched over our computers. We did not get to spend as much time with our new friends as we would have liked, but we were able to enjoy one last meal together before we had to catch the bus back to Nitra.